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The Potomac Edison Company
The Potomac Edison Company served 138,070 residential customers in West Virginia in 2025 (15.9% of the state's residential customers), the 3rd largest of 5 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PJM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of The Potomac Edison Company's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,256 kWh
- At 13.1¢/kWh
- $165
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.1¢ sits.
The Potomac Edison Company averaged 13.1¢ per kWh against a West Virginia residential average of 15.41¢: 15% below the state figure. Among the 5 investor owned utilities in West Virginia with bundled residential sales, it ranks 1st from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average The Potomac Edison Company home used 1,216 kWh a month at 10.17¢ and paid $124. In 2025 it used 1,256 kWh at 13.1¢ and paid $165: the price per kWh is up 28.9%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 10.17 | 13.1 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,216 | 1,256 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 123.62 | 164.57 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 138,070 | 2,081,754 | 13.1 |
| Commercial | 20,479 | 865,102 | 11.63 |
| Industrial | 1,791 | 950,844 | 7.92 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 53.4% of the electricity The Potomac Edison Company sold in West Virginia in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
1,472 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 1,472installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 13.6 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 10.7installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
8 counties.
BerkeleyGrantHampshireHardyJeffersonMineralMorganPendleton
Counties in West Virginia where The Potomac Edison Company reported serving customers in 2025 (8 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 15263
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.1 | ¢/kWh |
| West Virginia average price | 15.41 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -15.0 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 28.9 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,256 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 164.57 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 138,070 | accounts |
| Share of WV residential customers | 15.9 | % |
| Size rank in WV | 3 of 5 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 1 of 5 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.
West Virginia: state average, five-year steps and every provider